Actor, director, producer, and community activist Jesse Williams has become an investor in Greenwood

 The actor/activist joins the Greenwood possession group and collaborates to create content material about monetary empowerment

ATLANTA, - Actor, director, producer, and neighborhood activist Jesse Williams has become an investor in Greenwood, a new digital banking platform for Black and Latinx humans and business owners.

While Williams is acknowledged by using many for his position on the long-running ABC series "Grey's Anatomy," he also has been an activist for humanitarian and racial justice causes.  Williams won the BET Humanitarian Award in 2016 and an NAACP Image Award in 2019. He is involved with a couple of agencies centered on racial justice.

"I'm excited to join the Greenwood group and work to improve monetary prosperity for humans of color," said Williams. "The time has come for Black and Latinx communities in America to make stronger our financial situation and influence. By increasing access to necessary banking offerings and economic education, Greenwood is a key section of that movement. "

Greenwood founders encompass Andrew J. Young, civil rights legend, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and former Mayor of Atlanta; Michael Render, aka Killer Mike, rapper and activist in Black economic empowerment; and Ryan Glover, Greenwood Chairman and founder of Bounce TV network.  Just a month after launching the company, extra than 200,000 human beings have joined the Greenwood neighborhood and the ready list for Greenwood's digital banking platform. This increase makes Greenwood one of the most successful launches in the history of the financial services industry.

"Jesse Williams has lengthy been a voice for equality and opportunity," stated Ryan Glover. "We are overjoyed to have the danger to work with him. He is a best in shape for the mission of Greenwood."

Greenwood and Williams have produced a series of movies about the monetary empowerment movement. The first spot, titled "You Ready," accessible at www.bankgreenwood.com/you-ready, posts to Greenwood's social media channels today. All the movies had been produced, directed and staffed via a almost all-Black forged and crew and characteristic a quantity of Black and Latinx entrepreneurs and Black- and Latinx-owned businesses. In addition, the videos were executive produced by means of Ri-Karlo Handy, who has emerge as a vocal recommend for Black equity in Hollywood. The spots had been scored by means of stated artist, songwriter and producer Johnta Austin.

Greenwood's preliminary product is a debit card and account that comes with a stunningly designed black metal debit card for customers who signal up by means of the cease of the year.  Advanced features are included, such as Apple, Samsung, and Android Pay, digital debit cards, peer-to-peer transfers, mobile take a look at deposits, and free ATM utilization in over 30,000 places with no hidden fees. Customers who invite their buddies to open debts acquire cash rewards as a thank you from Greenwood. All deposits will be FDIC-insured with the aid of a companion bank. Additionally, Greenwood plans to furnish deposits to assist strengthen historically Black banks.

The Greenwood name pays homage to the affluent "Black Wall Street," section of the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, throughout the early twentieth Century – a core of African American enterprise, entertainment, skills, wealth and funding capital. Though it was once destroyed by white mobs in 1921, the Greenwood District stays an enduring image of the financial potential of community solidarity.